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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARW_riverfront-industries-powered-by-canal-water-how-napoleon-kept-its-name_Napoleon-OH.html
The completion of the Miami and Erie Canal passing through Napoleon in 1843 provided a way to receive manufactured goods, export farm products, and power local mills. The early industries of Napoleon utilized the canal as a source of reliable wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RTO_oak-tree_Liberty-Center-OH.html
This Oak tree was planted in 1836 by the Ottawa Indians in honor of Martha A. Edwards Showman, the first white child born in Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Y1_draining-the-great-black-swamp_Archbold-OH.html
The landscape of northwest Ohio was formed by melting ice and glacial lakes left behind in its wake. Because of the low gradient (3 feet fall per mile) to the northeast, the flat lacustrine plain evolved into a large swamp. A massive swamp forest …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WQ_prairie-des-mascoutins-damascus_Liberty-Center-OH.html
Front Text : "Prairie Des Mascoutins"
In 1742, a tribe of Kickapoo requested permission from Montreal's Governor to move to a Mascoutin village on both sides of the river here. French "Coureurs de Bois" traders named the wide floodplain "La Pra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WP_civil-war-camp-latty_Napoleon-OH.html
Front Text : "Civil War Camp Latty"
Camp Latty was located at the corner of Riverview and Glenwood Avenues in Napoleon, Ohio and included Glenwood Cemetery in its grounds. This camp was named for Judge Alexander S. Latty, a staunch supporter of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ1N_james-durbin_Liberty-Center-OH.html
Sec. No. 53, W.&E.C.Completed 1842ByJames Durbin
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIYK_the-henry-county-courthouse_Napoleon-OH.html
Henry County was organized in 1834 and Napoleon became the county seat in 1835. The first Court was held in a two-story log cabin located at the corner of Perry and Front Streets.
The first Courthouse was a plain two-story structure costing $2,…